"QTL" meaning in English

See QTL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: QTLs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} QTL (plural QTLs)
  1. (genetics) Initialism of quantitative trait locus: a locus (gene) that is among the factors affecting a trait whose values of interest are continuous rather than merely two. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: quantitative trait locus (extra: a locus (gene) that is among the factors affecting a trait whose values of interest are continuous rather than merely two)

Inflected forms

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